By last Christmas, we knew we would be moving to a house in Oakland soon. Our apartment, TimeCube, was amazing, but it was unquestionably a deathtrap in terms of small children. (To say nothing of having no internal doors, which meant that we could expect to have guests basically never.) It was very hard facing the decision to move, because we LOVED that apartment. It was our first home together, and what a great space it was.
So: as a Christmas present last year, Colin got me the BEST THING EVER. He spent hours secretly using the lego CAD software to create a custom lego kit: an incredibly accurate model of TimeCube. Of course, things needed to be simplified; but overall? The details were captured perfectly. Putting it together was like having dozens of tiny presents all in a row as I saw the ingenious ways he portrayed our art, our washer and dryer, our roomba… the list goes on and on.
And finally we got it all the way assembled!
Many of you have been to TimeCube. But for those who haven't, so along with the lego model, I'll post photos of what the real TimeCube looked like. (The real TimeCube also was in a building of 8 units and not free-standing, obviously.)
(I don't have any pictures of our balcony with the planters on it - alas!)
You can see my earthbox planters and our BBQ smoker in the lego.
(I don't really have pictures of the futon/guest area from TimeCube, nor do I have pictures of our downstairs bathroom or washer/dryer area… which isn't too surprising, heh.)
The only photo I could find that shows the width of TimeCube, including our modular tables.
He even included the cushion that was always sliding off of our old brown couch. <3
So: as a Christmas present last year, Colin got me the BEST THING EVER. He spent hours secretly using the lego CAD software to create a custom lego kit: an incredibly accurate model of TimeCube. Of course, things needed to be simplified; but overall? The details were captured perfectly. Putting it together was like having dozens of tiny presents all in a row as I saw the ingenious ways he portrayed our art, our washer and dryer, our roomba… the list goes on and on.
And finally we got it all the way assembled!
Many of you have been to TimeCube. But for those who haven't, so along with the lego model, I'll post photos of what the real TimeCube looked like. (The real TimeCube also was in a building of 8 units and not free-standing, obviously.)
(I don't have any pictures of our balcony with the planters on it - alas!)
You can see my earthbox planters and our BBQ smoker in the lego.
(I don't really have pictures of the futon/guest area from TimeCube, nor do I have pictures of our downstairs bathroom or washer/dryer area… which isn't too surprising, heh.)
The only photo I could find that shows the width of TimeCube, including our modular tables.
He even included the cushion that was always sliding off of our old brown couch. <3
um. WOW.
Posted by: janet | 10/16/2010 at 14:13
You guys make me happy.
Posted by: Kelsey | 10/18/2010 at 06:22